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In the sea of New York City commuters rushing through Grand Central Terminal at the end of the day, they were just five faces among the thousands. Three worked in finance, one worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the fifth was a research scientist working in chemistry. They took the train every day to and from Manhattan, hoping for a decent seat, perhaps some peace and quiet. As regular commuters, they might have been familiar with each other. Last Tuesday night they all got into the first car — the farthest one away while boarding at the train platform at Grand Central, but the first to pull into the destination stations — of the 5:44 train on the Harlem Line. They...

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